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Photos of the week

In this gallery we present a selection of some of our favourite Irish Times photos from the last week. On Tuesday evening Irish Times photographer Alan Betson was one of the many media who gathered overnight outside Portlaoise Prison to try and capture the moment when John Gilligan was released. This image was taken of some of the assembled media in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.Photo: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMES

John Gilligan is released from Portlaoise Prison on Wednesday morning . Photo: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMES

Artists Sarah Browne, Miriam O'Connor, Ciaran Smyth & Ailbhe Murphy/Vagabond Reviews and Anne Tallentire have created artworks to form National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) “STILL, WE WORK” an exhibition featuring work by Irish artists and a unique coming together of artists and women’s organisations to explore the many issues surrounding women and labour over the last century an exhibition and a publication, which will be on view in the Gallery of Photography, Temple Bar from 19th to 26th October. Photo: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMES

The scene on Monday morning of a house fire overnight in Monastery Grove, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow in which a woman died and two of her children were injured . Photo: Bryan O'Brien / THE IRISH TIMES

Terry Pratchett author of Discworld photographed at the Science Gallery at the launch of his animated feature The Dual. Photo: Brenda Fitzsimons / THE IRISH TIMES

Press photographers at Dun Laoghaire court on Friday after Graham Dwyer w as charged with the murder of Elaine O Hara. Photo: Cyril Byrne / THE IRISH TIMES

The writer and broadcaster Eamon Dunphy at the launch of his memoir ‘The Rocky Road’ was in Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud, Dublin, during the week. Photo: Dave Meehan

One of many messages to St Jude , written by members of the public, at Whitefriars Church , Dublin for a piece by Ann Marie Hourihane which appeared in the review section of Saturday’s paper. Photo: Eric Luke / THE IRISH TIMES

Shoppers in Grafton Street, one of the Dublin’s busiest shopping thoroughfares.Photo: David Sleator/THE IRISH TIMES

Protesters gathering outside Leinster House ahead of the Budget announcement on Tuesday. Photo: Dara Mac Dónaill / THE IRISH TIMES

Finance Minister Michael Noonan TD and cabinet colleague Brendan Howlin TD Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform at Government Buildings for the traditional Budget photocall before delivering the Budget to the House during the week. Photo: Bryan O'Brien / THE IRISH TIMES

Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform Brendan Howlin dodges the raindrops as he arrived at the RTE Radio 1 studio, for the post Budget Today with Sean O'Rourke programme on Wednesday.. Photo: Eric Luke / THE IRISH TIMES

Zoe Ashe-Browne as Carmen and Dominic Harrison as naïve soldier Jose rehearsing Ballet Ireland's "Carmen" which will be touring Ireland 26th October to 19th December . Photo: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMES

Melissa Jeuken with her goats on her father’s farm near Mullaghmeen, the Burren, Co. Clare for a feature in Saturday’s magazine. Photo: Brenda Fitzsimons / THE IRISH TIMES